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Prospective gating drops cardiac CT radiation dose
By Brian Casey
VIENNA - Prospective gating has emerged as a promising method for reducing radiation dose in coronary CT angiography (CTA) studies. Monday at the European Congress of Radiology (ECR), Italian researchers confirmed previous results in using prospective gating to reduce dose to as little as 2.8 mSv per heart study, while a German group discussed its effort to further refine prospective gating by making it more accurate.
March 9, 2008
PET/CT beats 3T MRI in whole-body primary tumor staging
By Rob Skelding
VIENNA - Finding how far a patient's cancer has spread is critical in planning and optimizing treatment. Various imaging techniques now provide indispensable tools for staging primary tumors, but a new comparative study found fused whole-body PET/CT to be significantly more accurate than whole-body MRI -- even at 3 tesla -- for primary tumor staging.
March 9, 2008
CT maintains edge over MRI in liver transplant planning
By Eric Barnes
VIENNA - Researchers from Germany have found that CT still does a better job than MRI of defining critical vasculature for living donor liver transplant planning, thereby enhancing overall safety for the donors. They compared the results of preoperative CT and MR cholangiography in potential liver donors, and presented their findings Monday at the 2008 European Congress of Radiology (ECR).
March 9, 2008
Radiology helps Israel meet unique healthcare needs
By Cynthia E. Keen
VIENNA - Attendees at this week's European Congress of Radiology (ECR) got a closer look at how radiology is practiced in Israel at the conference's "ECR meets Israel" session on Sunday. Representatives from the country's radiology community described how PACS helps the country with its unique healthcare needs, and also outlined Israel's breast screening program.
March 9, 2008
GE launches Definium 6000 at ECR
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
VIENNA - GE Healthcare of Chalfont St. Giles, U.K., used this week's European Congress of Radiology (ECR) to launch Definium 6000, a new digital radiography (DR) product.
March 9, 2008
Agfa lands European contracts
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
VIENNA - Agfa HealthCare of Mortsel, Belgium, has landed contracts to provide its PACS and archiving technology to hospitals in the U.K. and Spain, the company announced at the 2008 European Congress of Radiology (ECR).
March 9, 2008
Sectra adds Portuguese client
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Swedish PACS vendor Sectra has received an order from the Instituto Portugûes de Oncologia do Porto Francisco Gentil in Portugal.
March 9, 2008
Sectra installs new version of PACS software
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
VIENNA - Swedish PACS and digital mammography developer Sectra has completed the first installation of its new IDS7/dx software at a hospital in Sweden, the company announced at this week's European Congress of Radiology (ECR).
March 9, 2008
Global compact ultrasound market at $565 million
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Global revenues for compact ultrasound systems in 2007 grew by 42% to reach $565 million, according to a new report from Klein Biomedical Consultants of New York City.
March 9, 2008
Barco nets Spanish display order
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Image display and advanced visualization firm Barco has been awarded a contract from Spain worth an estimated 4 million euros ($6.1 million U.S.).
March 9, 2008
CAD nabs the flat polyps VC readers may miss
By Eric Barnes
VIENNA - In two studies presented Sunday at the 2008 European Congress of Radiology, investigators tested colon computer-aided detection (CAD) schemes for their ability to find flat lesions. In both, the sensitivity was reassuringly high, though questions remain about the effect of false-positive CAD detections on reader performance and variations in flat polyp morphology.
March 8, 2008
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New studies examine CR, CT radiation dose
By Rob Skelding
VIENNA - Two studies presented Sunday at the 2008 European Congress of Radiology (ECR) focused on radiation dose with imaging exams. The first spotlighted the importance of x-ray dose optimization for computed radiography (CR) systems, while the other offered a counterargument to recent studies criticizing the risks of radiation exposure in exams like CT angiography.
March 8, 2008
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